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for Erratum
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Erratum \Er*ra"tum\, n.; pl. Errata. [L., fr. errare, erratum,
to wander, err. See Err.]
An error or mistake in writing or printing.
[1913 Webster]
A single erratum may knock out the brains of a whole
passage. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
erratum
n 1: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical
failures of some kind [syn: misprint, erratum,
typographical error, typo, literal error, literal]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "erratum":
clerical error, corrigendum, error, failure, fault, faute,
human error, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscarriage,
misconception, miscount, misdeal, misidentification, misjudgment,
misplay, misprint, misquotation, misreport, miss, misstatement,
mistake, misunderstanding, misuse, typo, typographical error
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